The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-07
BASEBALL AND SPRINTING.
Outrageously Unfair Umpiring Defeats
the Home Nine at st. Louis.
The Runs We're Many, but the Difference in
Score Small-The Game To-Day-An Ex-
citing and Odd Sprinting Match.

Special to the Indianapolis Jonrnai.
ST. Louis, April 6.-There very little in
the ball game to-day to crafty the real lovers of
the sport-that class of patrons who attend
games for the purpose of enjoying the good work
of both teams and who only wish to see contests
won on their merits On the contrary, there
was much to disappoint and disgust the impair
tal element referred to. With Cuthbert's iudg-
ment on bans and strikes continuing as faulty
against the visiting pitchers as it was to-day,
there certainly will be little necessity for the St.
Louis Browns to do much fine playing to defeat
any club in the country in the
games which hs umpires. Whether he
intends to be biased in his decisions, and to let
his official acts drift with his sympathy for the
home team. is immaterial. Even though he in
tended to be fair, he unconsciously inflicted IN
merited penalties of judgment the visitors.
To-day Healy, for the Indianapolis club, started
in to pitch. He only lasted three innings, when,
at the beginning of the fourth. he uncondition-
ally surrendered in despair. Cuthbert had
broken the Egyptians spirit by continued calling
of balls that were rnanifestly strikes, and giving
men bases who should have been called out at
the plate. The mild protests of Heay
seconded by Captain Glasscock, had no effect
and finally Healy retired and Cahil) came in
from right field and changed with him. This
was early in the fourth inning, which had opened
with the standing 3 to l in favor of Indian
apolis. When the fourth inning closed Cahill
had been hit so hard to all parts of the field that
the inning netted the Browns twelve runs.
After that Cahill seemed to get better control of
the sphere, and the fielders recovered in great
measure from their ''rattled" condition, and in
the other five innings the Browns could add but
four runs to their score. Cuthberts severity on
balls and strikes nearly as great toward Cahill
as it had been toward Healy, and he also finally
protested, but was met by some very severe re-
torts from Cuthbert who appeared to have be-
| come fretful from the protesting and from pain
| in mis- face, he having been knocked down in the
| third inning by wicked foul tip, which caught
| him full in the left cheek and caused him to ex-
| pectorate blood freely throughout the game
| While his calling of balls and strikes on Kaes
| the new pitcher of the Browns. was far from
perfect, he was decidedly more lenient and mer-
ciful to the younester than to the Indianapolis
| pitchers. Ordinarily it is not necessary for an
umpire to aid the Browns; they are capable of
holding their own against any team in the land;
! but to-days game was won for them more by the
umpiring than the playing. and it was a very
| general sentiment that it would take but little
more of the same kind to chill the admiration of
many of their most ardent supporters apd
friends.
| Myers caught finely, but Bushong did not do
his best, except at critical stages of the game.
| Glasscock, Bassett and Denny made good stops,
and Foutz and Gleason good catches. The score